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Lubbock mayor hospitalized, says he is 'doing great' after surgery

Mayor expected to be released Wednesday after undergoing surgery Tuesday

Robertson

Mayor Glen Robertson was hospitalized Tuesday but said he’s “doing great” after undergoing surgery to install a stent in an artery he said is “downstream” from a heart bypass he had installed in January.

Robertson remained in Covenant Medical Center and expected to be released Wednesday after undergoing surgery Tuesday.

He said he had an angiogram chest x-ray to look at his blood flow about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday after feeling discomfort in his chest, shoulders and arms over the weekend, he said.

“It was just enough to concern me,” he said.

The angiogram showed an artery near his heart had about 80 percent blockage.

He drove himself to the hospital Tuesday morning.

“I’m telling you, go to the doctor’s office and they’ll keep you in the hospital,” Robertson said with a chuckle.

Robertson said he expects to attend Thursday’s Lubbock City Council meeting.

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